Well, Thursday night, Silverfox and I attended a seminar given about the weight loss surgery that I'm thinking of having, given by a doctor that was recommended to me. It mostly consisted of information that I have already researched online, or gotten from friends, but it did give me the chance to ask a few pointed questions that I had.
One of the more interesting things I found out is that a large part of the "journey" that Silverfox and my other friends went through... (including visits to a psychologist, mandatory support group meetings) are not required by the doctor, but by the insurance company. I guess that our insurance carrier had always been good to us, but I admit that I don't like the concept of having to jump through hoops to get this surgery that I'm realizing more and more that I need.
The next step is that the doc's office will be contacting the insurance company to see if I qualify for the procedure to be covered, and what other requirements the insurance company might have for me.
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